by barry | Nov 24, 2024 | Campaigns, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, unions
On the evening of 21 November 1974, bombs planted by the IRA in two crowded Birmingham pubs exploded, killing 21 people and injuring 220. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Britain during the so called ‘Troubles’. Within twenty four hours six men – Paddy Hill,...
by barry | Oct 3, 2024 | BBC, Campaigns, freedom of information, Government, Labour Party, media freedom, media ownership, media plurality, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, Vanunu
In January 2024 the Press Gazette reported that the UK saw the biggest drop in trust in the media and was the least-trusted out of 28 countries surveyed for the latest Edelman Trust Barometer.The UK fell to the bottom of the ranking, with 31% of people saying they...
by barry | Oct 17, 2023 | BBC, Campaigns, media ownership, media plurality, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, Reviews
The Media Reform Coalition has published a new edition of its 2021 media ownership report which featured updated data and analysis from the 2019 and 2015 reports https://www.mediareform.org.uk/resources/reports. It demonstrated the continuing concentration of media...
by barry | Apr 1, 2023 | BBC, Government, media ownership, nuj, Press, Public Service Broadcasting
This week saw the publication of the government’s long awaited draft Media Bill. Such main- stream media attention it’s received highlights the proposed repeal of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. This piece of legislation is based on the Leveson...
by barry | Jan 8, 2023 | Campaigns, media ownership, Public Service Broadcasting
Campaigners including media unions have welcomed the Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan announcement that the government has scrapped plans to privatise Channel 4. Instead it proposes to introduce measures to allow for its “long-term sustainability” and help it...
by barry | Nov 7, 2022 | Campaigns, Government, media ownership, Public Service Broadcasting
It’s reasonable to say that there have been a number of twists and turns since the Johnson government first announced it was considering privatising the commercially-funded public service broadcaster. Last July the broadcaster published its delayed Annual Report with...
